The Retrieval

The Dork Shelf Guide to Toronto Black Film Festival 2014

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We take a look at the second annual Toronto Black Film Festival - kicking off Tuesday and running through this Sunday evening - bringing some of the best in Black Cinema to the city, including reviews of several of this year's entries.

TBFF 2014: The Retrieval Review

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The Retrieval This serious 1860s set bounty hunter drama is the antithesis of Tarantino’s Django Unchained, but in the best possible ways. A purposefully metered and purposely direful journey, it has a lot more in common with John Hillcoat’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road than its synopsis might suggest (albeit with a larger cast). […]